I tried atkins once... that thing does weird shit to your body. Maybe I'm a little hypoglycemic or something, but I always felt out of energy and constantly, constantly craving sugary things. Or a salad. Or bread.
My mouth always felt like I'd been sucking on a stick of butter.
I knew it was time to give it up when I went to give blood and passed out. The nurse gave me a small glass of OJ and it was like someone poured the food of the gods in my mouth. I promptly went to 7-11, grabbed a bag of M+Ms and a large coke slurpee, and within a half hour I was feeling better than I ever had before in my life.
Later on I just decided to eat sanely, do slightly calorie reduced with more gym time, dropped 50 pounds and felt great while doing it. I gotta get back to that gym though... project I've been working on lately has had me doing 16 hour days, and I'm starting to spread again.
